Users Guide

1. From the Target Hypervisor drop-down list, select the target vCenter.

2. In the Data Center Name and Cluster Name boxes, type the corresponding names.

5. In the Template Builder, select the virtual machine component, click Edit in the box that is displayed,

and then configure the following settings in the Virtual Machine Component dialog box. Repeat this

step for each virtual machine in the cluster.

a. Under Virtual Machine OS Settings, perform the following:

1. To select the administrator password that configures on the deployed OS, in the

Administrator password box, type the administrator password. Reenter the password in the

Confirm administrator password box to confirm.

NOTE: It is critical to update the password within this template. The value in the

template is masked, but the actual password is not set. If this password is not set, you

cannot log in to the deployed server.

2. From OS Image drop-down list, select an OS image that is configured to be deployed in

your ASM managed environment.

3. From OS Image Type drop-down list, select an OS image type that corresponds to the type

of OS image you have selected.

b. Under Virtual Machine Settings, if the defaults values are not required then edit the Number of

CPUs, Virtual Disk Size, and Memory in MB for each virtual machine.

6. To save the settings, click Save.

7. To publish the template, click Publish Template.

The template is now ready to be deployed.

Template – install ESXi to SD card with Fibre Channel storage

This template deploys a Fibre Channel storage volume, two ESXi hosts, and creates a VMware cluster.

1. In the Templates page, select the Install ESXi to SD card with FC Storage template, and then click

Clone.

2. In the Create Template dialog box, enter the Template Name and Template Description for the

template.

3. Click Save.

4. In the Template Builder, select the storage component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and

then configure the following settings in the Storage Component dialog box.

a. In the Component Name text box, type the component name. (Optional)

b. Under Compellent Storage Settings, configure the following:

1. In the Storage Volume Name box, type a unique name.

2. in Storage Size e.g 100GB text box, enter storage size.

3. Do not modify the Boot Volume settings.

4. In the Volume Folder, Volume notes, Replay Profile, Storage Profile Name, and Server

Notes text boxes, type the details. (Optional)

5. In the Server Object Name box, type a server object name.

6. From the Operating System Name drop-down list, select either VMware ESX 5.1 or 5.5.